General Cultivation Q&A

will seeding a plant with a hemi male pollen give a seed strain with hemi tendencies

hello, all. me a n00b here. a mate found a single seed in one of his bag-o'-goodies and started growing it way back in winter, so its strong enough to withstand a light pruning now. a few cuttings are to be transferred into my hands so that i can start a small population, myself. i wish to grow my plants (just 2 or 4 - for now) in an area that is prone to flooding, or in other words; a floodzone, but its more like a swamp. the ground regularly has a light film of water above it (around 1-2cm) and up to 2m on rare occasions. many plants in the area seem to be doing fine, but i fear that my plants roots will rot, so i plan to create a small, hydroponic resorvoir system…

Hey Fella's i was in bunnings 2day and i saw that they had 500w helagen flood lights for like $18. i will be starting a new closet grow. 130hieght, 70across. are they ok to grow with because i dont have much money

I have noticed that people talk about flushing their plants regularly with fresh water, and it seems to be offered as a "fix-it" for a lot of peoples problems. I have been growing hydroponically since 1976 and I worked in the Hydroponics industry for 15 years, so I am not just pulling this advice out of nowhere. Do not think that a hydroponic system for indoors is any different to a hydroponic system for outdoors, hydroponics is hydroponics and the people to learn from are the growers who grow multi million dollar crops for a living. If you look at what commercial growers do worldwide you will find that they do not flush their plants with fresh water. It stresses them. If…

Just got a hanna combo pen and testing the water i have available. Dam water Ph 5.4 Ppm 30 Rain water Ph 6.1 Ppm 7 Tap water Ph 7.5 Ppm 26 Will be using in a NFT system with sensi 2 part Nutrients. What water should i use ? I'm thinking the rain water would be best because it has the lowest ppm or the dam water for the lower ph. Thanks in advance.

Alright, heres the deal. My buddy brought back 3 trainwreck seeds from a trip he went on. One sprouted and im currently growing it. I found out about a week ago that it was male. Ive decided to grow it and make seeds but I only want to pollinate the bottom branches of one of my Skunk females. I know you can put the pollen pods in a plastic bag, put the plastic bag over the branches, and shake, but what I dont know is how to tell when the male pollen is mature. Anyone have any pics, or a way of telling of the male plant is ready? Also, at what stage do I pollinate the female flowers? what do they look like?

Do you think I could use scoria as a medium im told its inert so it shouldn't matter???

I have to buy some nrw clay balls only problem is there is no hydro shop in Bendigo and I cant be bothered going to Ballarat at the bmoment . Does any one no of any clay ball substitutes or vwhere Im could get some around Bendigo area ?

Ive recently got into bonsai plants, i reckon theyre cute as kittens and i've started training them with the aluminium wire that was supplied. Up until now i've just used strings to tie down my mullies like i guess most LST'ers do, but im considering trying some wire on one tonight. Does anyone do this/done it before?? I can't really think of any disadvantages when compared with string tie-downs, but the advantages that i can think of: - complete 360-degree control vs strings where youve only really got vertical control - no need to tie down to anything like screws in the pot - should be able to get better light distribution to more parts of the plant - you can make …

Gday OZ Stoners Well ive got 4 White Widows at around day 20 of veg in 8 inch pots, under a 400watt HPS on 18/6.. NUTES: THC Grow A-B There into the 5 internode around 6inch tall and they have very thick stems already This is a test grow of WW's to see if i want to grow this strain again, and make it my main grow and do it properly next time... I dont want these to get to big ( no taller than a meter) sort of like a Xmas tree shape .. So..... Q: When should i start to flower, at what hight or internode??? Cheers Dallas

: hey all I got 2 seeds cracked open with their tap root showing Now i want to put them in rockwool cubes....So i wanna now what and how long to soak the cubes in ? And which way to face the tap root?.......was thinking of using an old desk lamp with a fluro bulb (energy saver type) to shine over them? And whats the best way to keep the cubes moist? like sit them on a pot plant tray or what? Ive never stared from scratch before,always had clones before..... Thanks in advance cheers roy

This is my 1st attempt at a hydro setup and would like your opinions. I have a number of 5 gl buckets. That's 18 plus liters. the bucket is 300 mm across the top and 350 mm tall. Basic bucket right? They are white and I plan to paint them with black krylon paint supposedly this stuff is designed to adhere to plastics. whether it is anough to keep light out is still unknown. I want to set these buckets in line with a large single drain manifold leading to a central nutrient sump and a pump feeding a supply manifold that will tee off at each bucket. Both the drain and feed manifolds will be rigid pvc the short sections of both the drains and feed lines between…

Could someone please tell me the sex of my plant. Here are some pics. They have long white pistals but looks also like seed sacks. All help greatfull Buddy.g